Record pole position for Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia far behind

Marc Marquez dominated qualifying for the Aragon GP, booking a double win in Saturday afternoon’s sprint and Sunday’s actual race (crashes permitting).

The eight-time world champion set a new track record of 1’45”704, beating his brother Alex by 0”260 and an excellent Franco Morbidelli (Ducati VR46) by 0”280.

Disappointing Pecco Bagnaia, fourth but a good 0”603 away, and therefore on the second row.

This is the starting grid:

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1. Marc Marquez (Ducati) Q2

2. Alex Marquez (Ducati) Q2

3. Franco Morbidelli (Ducati) Q2

4. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) Q2

5. Pedro Acosta (KTM) Q2

6. Brad Binder (KTM) Q2

7. Fermin Aldeguer (Ducati) Q2

8. Maverick Vinales (KTM) Q2

9. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) Q2

10. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) Q2

11. Joan Mir (Honda) Q2

12. Johann Zarco (Honda) Q2

13. Raul Fernandez (Aprilia) Q1

14. Jack Miller (Yamaha) Q1

15. Alex Rins (Yamaha) Q1

16. Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) Q1

17. Enea Bastianini (KTM) Q1

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18. Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha) Q1

19. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) Q1

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20. Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) Q1